Add EDGE and IDL positions, remove OLB
Hi,
I feel the franchise experience would greatly improve by adding pass rushers that come off the edge as an EDGE position and players that play on the interior as IDL, and maybe even a nose tackle position. The AI drafts the positions they need to fill regardless of scheme. So a 3-4 vs a 4-3 needs different players. A 4-3 needs 3 coverage LBs. Which I believe it should just be named LB. The edge guys are the defensive ends and their position should be named EDGE, and then similar for the 2 DTs should be IDL. A 3-4 only needs 3 IDL and 1-2 EDGE guys (with perhaps decent coverage), and 2 coverage LBs. The AI unfortunately doesn’t recognize this. And if you don’t switch positions to adjust for scheme for every team in the league. Some players don’t get a good shot even though they are really good as rookies. In conclusion, the AI needs better logic in drafting based on scheme. The best way to do this without tuning the AI extensively is to just make these position changes. The other route to go which may be more challenging and have more bugs, is somehow allow teams to recognize the type of linebacker they require (edge or coverage) and solely draft on that. Or have the AI able to switch positions for LBs and DEs to optimize their lineup to adjust for scheme, yet this seems like the most difficult way as could end up with a lot of bugs/glitches. I know madden has had OLB positions for along time but it really can screw with development of a player since they aren’t put in a position to succeed. Please make this change or something to combat these difficulties, even if some players don’t like it give them the option to switch it back to normal. But this would greatly improve the franchise experience. I know edge was a thing in madden 22 I believe but only for scouting and not as an actual position. Simply tweaking the position names and were they play based on scheme would go along way, without the need to tune the AI draft/roster management logic.
Thank you for reading, please consider this idea for madden 24.
